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§ 14.504  SAME; CONFISCATION AND DESTRUCTION.
   a.   Upon the charging of any person of a violation of this article, it shall be the duty of police officers to seize and take into possession any gaming device, machines, punchboard, tipboard or other device of whatever name or kind pertaining to games of chance.
   b.   Upon conviction, destruction of the gaming device of whatever name or kind is hereby authorized by police officers.
(Prior Code, § 14.504)
§ 14.505  SAME; HOUSES UNLAWFUL.
   It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to keep or maintain a gambling house or room or place where people resort to engage in gambling or games of chance or to permit gambling or games of chance in any building on their premises or under their control.
(Prior Code, § 14.505)
§ 14.506  GAMBLING DEVICES; DESTRUCTION.
   Pursuant to S.C. Code § 16-19-120, the Chief of Police is hereby vested with the authority to destroy gambling or gaming devices of any kind whatsoever that shall come into his or her possession and caused by a violation of state or town gambling laws immediately after final disposition of a case, unless otherwise directed by court order.
(Prior Code, § 14.506)
§ 14.507  MAINTAINING FARO BANK, GAMING TABLE AND THE LIKE.
   No person shall keep, operate or maintain at any place within the town any faro bank, or bank of the same or like kind, or gaming table or other device for gambling by whatsoever name it may be called, and any person found guilty of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Prior Code, § 14.507)
§ 14.508  SAME; WINNINGS TO BE FORFEITED.
   All and every sum of money staked, bet or pending on the event of any game prohibited in this article is hereby declared to be forfeited to the General Fund of the town.
(Prior Code, § 14.508)